When no one in YA was interested in epic fantasy, they welcomed ‘Shadow and Bone’. When everyone wanted books about kings and queens, they rolled the dice on my team of six outcasts (in her novel ‘Six of Crows’) trying to pull off an impossible heist. In a statement on Tuesday, Bardugo said that, “Macmillan took a chance on me over a decade ago and they’ve been my home ever since. So, she’s already shown a willingness to expand the way she tells stories. In 2022, Bardugo re-released her short story “Demon In The Wood,” which explored the history of the Darkling from her Grishaverse books, in graphic novel format. These books will be published across multiple imprints owned by the publishing house, and will consist of a “variety of formats, age categories and genres.” Bardugo currently writes within the Young Adult and Adult Fantasy genres, so this announcement hints at the possibility of Bardugo branching out even further. And now, AP News announced yesterday that Bardugo has signed an eight-figure, multi-book deal with Macmillan Publishers. With her new novel Hell Bent released last month and the second season of Shadow and Bone being released on Netflix tomorrow, the bestselling author is making wave after wave. Shadow and Boneauthor Leigh Bardugo is a seemingly unstoppable force these days.

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